Building construction.



CALEB D. PAGE, OF (ii-KEELEY, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO PAGE PORTABLE BUILDINGS COMPANY, OF GREELEY, COLORADO, A CORPORATION OF COLORADO.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

county of Weld, and State of Colorado, have invented an Improvement in Building Construction, of which the following descrip tion, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to building construction and has for its object to provide features of construction by which a light and yet strong building can be inexpensively built.

In order to give an understanding of my invention I will first describe a selected embodiment thereof after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claims. p

Figure 1 of the drawings shows m-fragmentary sectional viewythrough the sill and lower portion of the wall of a buildingembodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail of the door frame; Fig. 3 is a detail showing the manner of fastening the Hitch-beam posts to the sill; Fig. 4 is a detail showing the manner of fastening one of the studs to the sill; Fig. 5 is a side view of one of the studs of the building; Fig. 6 is an enlarged section through a portion of the wall of a building embodying my invention.

The present invention relates particularly to a building in which the posts and girders are combination elements formed partly of metal and partly of wood, the metal and wood portions of these elements being so arranged that the metal gives the desired strength and stiffness to them and the wood furnishes means for attaching sheathin thereto. In the drawings I have illustrate at 6 one of the sills of a building which is herein shown as having an I-beam construction. This sill has secured to each side of the web 9 thereof a wooden element or filling piece 35, these filling pieces being secured to the I-beam in any suitable way.

. The frame of the building is formed of posts and longitudinal members or girths which, as stated above, are constructed to give a maximum stiffness and yet provide means for readily attaching sheathing thereto. These studs and girths are preferably of a'modified flit'ch beam construction and each comprises a 1 shaped sheet metal member 19 and two wooden members 20 and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 4, 1310. Serial No.'590,606.

, 21 fitting the angles of the shaped mem- Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

her. The member 21 is of a, size to exactly fill its angle so that the side 22 thereof comes flush with one of the angles of the shaped member. The wooden member 20, however, is of such a size that the face 23 thereof projects beyond the metal member, said projecting face furnishing a support to which the sheathing may be nailed or screwed. The three members of any stud or girth are fastened together by bolts or rivets 256. Any desired number of these flitch beam studs and girths may be used.

The studs are secured at their lower ends to the sills of the building and at their upper ends to the plate, and in order to provide for attaching the stud ,to the sills and plate, I form the l shaped member 19 of such studs with the laterally-extending feet 24: which overlie and are secured to the flanges of the sills. The same construction may be used for securing the studs to the plates 13, or said studs may be simply bolted to the verticalflange of said plates. These flitch beam studs are designated generally by 25 and the horizontal members or girths are designated generally by 26. The girths are preferably situ ated on the outside of the vertical members or studs and extend from one end to'the other of the building. The girths and studs are so disposed relative to each other that the flat sides come adjacent each other so that the faces 23 of the studs face inwardly, while the corresponding faces 23 of the girths 26 face outwardly. The studs 25 and girths 26 are fastened together by screws 7 or bolts 257.

The wall of the building is formed by an exterior sheathing 27 which is'secured to the faces 23' of the girths 26 and an interior sheathing 28 which is secured to the faces 23 of the studs 25. This sheathing, both in-.

of paper or some other lining material, such,

for instance, as linofelt, which will be preferably interposed between the studs 25 and the girths 26. This lining forms a dead air space between itself and the outer sheathing 27 and another space between itself and the inner sheathing 28, which inner space may be used for ventilating the building, and for this purpose I have shown the inner sheathing 28 as provided with openings 45 near the floor through which the vitiated air may escape into the space between the sheathing.

The floor 34 of the building is sustained partly by the flanges of the sills and partly by the wooden supporting members 35 which are bolted to the sills, said members 35 furnishing supports to which the floor may be nailed (see Figs. 1 and 6).

In order to provide the building with doors, I propose to form the door'frame of channel-iron members 50, as shown in Fig. 2, and in ,order to secure the door posts to the top 7 of the sills 6 I propose to bend one of the wings of each post laterally to form a foot 52 which rests on the top of the sill, the other wing extending down and overlapping the side of the filling member 34 and being secured thereto in any suitable way. p

While I have illustrated herein one, embodiment of my invention'I do not wish to belimited to the constructional features Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In building construction, the combination with a base frame, of studs rising therefrom and each comprising a sheet metal member having a L shape throughout its length, two wooden members extending from one end to the other of said metal member and I fitting the angles thereof, means permanently securing said wooden members to the I shaped 'member and sheathing secured to one of the wooden members.

:2.' In building construction, the combination with a base frame, of studs rising therefrom and each comprising. a sheet metal member having a l shape, two wooden members fitting the angles of and permanently secured to the I shapedmember, one wooden member extending beyond the l shaped member, and sheath- Iiorg secured to said projecting wooden mem- 3. In building construction,the combination with a base frame, of studs rising therefrom I and each comprising a sheet metal member having a shape, two wooden members fitting the angles of the 1 shaped member and rivets extending through both wooden members and the body of the shaped member for permanently connecting said parts, one wooden member extending beyond thel shaped member, and sheathing secured to the projecting wooden member of each stud. V

4:- In building construction, the combination with a base frame, of studs rising therefrom, girths secured to the studs, each girth being a unitary structure formed of a I shaped sheet metal member, two

therefrom, girths on the outside of the studs and secured thereto, said studs and girths each being formed of a "sheet metal I shaped member and two wooden members fitting the angles of the shaped'member, the woodenmember on the outside of each girth and .on the insideof each stud projecting beyond the sheet metal member, an

' interior sheathing secured to the projecting wooden member of each stud, and an exterior sheathing secured to the projecting Wooden member of each girth.

6. In building construction, the combination with a base frame, of studs rising therefrom, girths on the outside of the studs and secured thereto, said studs and girths each being formed of a sheet metal .'''-'I shaped member and two wooden members fitting the angles of the l shaped member, the wooden member on the outside of each girth and on the insideof each stud projecting beyond the sheet metal member, an interior sheathing secured. to the projecting wooden member of each stud, and an exterior sheathing secured to the projecting wooden member of each girth, and a lining interposed between the girths and studs.

In testimony whereof, I have signedmy name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CALEB D. PAGE.

Witnesses:

LOUIS C. SMITH, FREDERICK S. GREENLEAF. 

